After more than a year of hardships for so many, a group of Dripping Springs residents is on a mission to do good. Created by Jon Bledsoe, Love Thy Neighbor is a group on Facebook where members can post words of encouragement, share acts of kindness, and request help for unmet needs for themselves or others.
Sophia Johnson, a student at Sycamore Springs Middle School has been named a winner of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) 2021 Friends of THGC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts. Johnson submitted an original visual art piece (and poem), titled Only Five, in the Holocaust category and her top scores earned her a $250 prize.
Home in a Month from Hometown Missions is commencing work on a communitywide project to build a home for a longtime Dripping Springs couple, Louisa (LaLa) and Roy Acosta. Their current home has no insulation, heat or air conditioning and the flooring is falling through the foundation supports. The project process to demolish and rebuild has six components: yard clearing and demolishing; pre-building walls and trusses; delivering pre-built walls and trusses to new homesite; constructing residence on-site; painting and completing finishing details; and a community celebration at the new home early October.
Samaritan Center is opening an office in Dripping Springs. Through a generous foundation grant, they have already hired their first therapist in Dripping Springs and are currently searching for office space. An additional $50,000 has been pledged, if they can find matching funds from the community. Samaritan Center hopes to quickly identify that match and have a total of three counselors in Dripping Springs before the end of 2021. The match will not only bring counselors to Dripping Springs but also ensure that no one in Dripping Springs is turned away because of their ability to pay.
Skateboarding recently has reached the global stage as the sport makes its debut at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In Dripping Springs, skateboarding enthusiasts couldn't be happier that their favorite pastime is finally getting more recognition.
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